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Symposium 2025 Paper Submissions

Submissions are closed

Researchers and students from Virginia institutions of higher education will discuss their research at the 2025 CCI Symposium April 14  to 15, 2025, in Richmond, Va. They'll present their papers at the Symposium at the Omni Richmond Hotel. 

Presentation Guidelines

Have your paper title, abstract, and research category ready when you submit. If there are multiple authors or team members for your paper, please have only one author/team member make the submission.

If you've been selected to present, you'll be assigned to one of these categories:

  • Autonomous Smart Systems
    • Secure IoT
  • Cyber-Physical Systems Security
    • Network and Infrastructure Security
    • Hardware Security
    • Critical Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies
  • Data Science, Information Theory, and Quantum
    • Open Data and Crowdsourcing

Each presenter will get 3 minutes to present their work. 

Presentations are limited to one slide for content. Any additional slides will be deleted out of respect for the time of all presenters.

If your paper has been accepted and you would like to show a slide at your presentation, we have a PowerPoint template for you to use.

Download the paper presentation slide template.

To use a slide in your presentation, you must submit your PowerPoint presentation by April 4, 2025, to Kendall Beebe at kwbeebe@vt.edu.

For more information or if you have questions about paper submissions or the Symposium, contact CCI’s Kendall Beebe at kwbeebe@vt.edu.

Timeline

Action Deadline
Submissions open Nov. 4, 2024
Submission deadline Jan. 17, 2025, by 5 p.m. ET
Acceptance letters sent Feb. 3, 2025
Slide submission deadline April 4, 2025
Paper presentation April 15, 2025
See scenes from 2024's paper presentations. Photos by Ron Aira for CCI

  • Stephanie Blackmon of William & Mary

    Researcher presents work to audience

    Stephanie Blackmon of William & Mary presents “From Experiential Learning to Practice: A Pre-Apprenticeship Program.”

  • Daniel Takabi of Old Dominion University

    Researcher presents work on screen to audience

    Daniel Takabi of Old Dominion University presents “Encrypted Fine-tuning Of Transformers Using Fully Homomorphic Encryption.”

  • Brian Ngac of George Mason University

    Researcher presents work on screen to audience

    Brian Ngac of George Mason University presents “Hands-on Experience and Networking Before Graduating.”

  • Fadi Abuamara of Shenandoah University

    Researcher presents work on screen to audience

    Fadi Abuamara of Shenandoah University presents “Spreading Cybersecurity Awareness via Gamification: Zero-Day Game.”

  • Sidi Lu of William and Mary

    Researcher presents work on screen to audience

    Sidi Liu of William & Mary presents “Investigating Security and Privacy by Design for Teleoperated Autonomous Vehicles.”

The sessions’ purpose is to give researchers the opportunity to share their work, receive feedback from peers, and improve their papers. Research should be current or ongoing. The presentation won’t count as being the paper’s publication, and CCI won’t hold a copyright. 

Researchers and faculty at public institutions in CCI deemed eligible by their home institutions to serve as a Principal Investigator (PI) on an external grant could apply. 

Students must have been enrolled at a Virginia institution of higher education at the time of the Symposium (April 14-15, 2025). 

CCI Symposium April 14-15, 2025